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[Locked to Elys]
[A few days after a rather disastrous reunion with an old friend, Willis has taken Strahlend out (despite it's damage) and is using it to vent out his frustrations on the poor rusted targets that litter Fort Alhambra. After he finishes destroying everything around him he fixes the targets and then gets ready to destroy them again.]
....what am I doing?
[He collapses back into the seat of his cockpit, pausing the second round of mindless destruction. There was no reason for him to be acting like this. And yet here he was, he wasn't sure if he was more mad at Elys or himself but the entire situation between them just frustrated him to no end.]
[A few days after a rather disastrous reunion with an old friend, Willis has taken Strahlend out (despite it's damage) and is using it to vent out his frustrations on the poor rusted targets that litter Fort Alhambra. After he finishes destroying everything around him he fixes the targets and then gets ready to destroy them again.]
....what am I doing?
[He collapses back into the seat of his cockpit, pausing the second round of mindless destruction. There was no reason for him to be acting like this. And yet here he was, he wasn't sure if he was more mad at Elys or himself but the entire situation between them just frustrated him to no end.]
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Fafnir.
[To counteract this Willis changes Strahlend's mode once again. The hovering darts mirrored their counterparts and scattered into a hazy cloud as well. Instead of attempting to block the beam they clearly could not handle, the cloud gathered around the machine's right leg. He only had one chance at getting this right and if he messed up it would be his defeat. Willis waited as the sword was raised up, there was going to be a point...he just had to wait for the discharge.]
There!
[The exact moment the beam was fired Strahlend stopped it's motion and instead slammed it's foot down toward towards the sword before gathering a massive amount of matter and converting it into one burst of energy to counteract the Vanishing Point. Time seemed to stand still for a brief moment as the massive red blast erupted out to meet the blue beam. The two ridiculous masses of energy clashed and then expanded out in every direction. A massive explosion followed, completely leveling the area and removing anything in the radius around them. As the smoke from the devastation finally cleared the winner of the clash was made apparent. Thanks to Elys' beam being focused it was able to pierce through Strahlend's burst of energy and rip through the machine's foot and the rest of the body above it. When all was said and done Strahlend was now kneeling on the ground with it's remaining arm and leg. The U.I.I.N System working rapidly to restore the missing limbs.]
This...this is bad.
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[After the devastating blast, Amagahara does not fare much better. Various bits across its body are just gone, and half of its face having internal mechanics exposed. The UIIN system was likewise working on restoring the damage, which could prove crippling if this pushed on.
But more importantly, Elys had noticed something incredible...]
He was able to gather that much energy...with just the V1 system...?
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...You may say that. But I know you won't let this be the end.
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[With all of his nanomachines prioritizing repairs on Strahlend, the machine's limbs are at least restored to working order. Even if the were shooting sparks out every other second.]
I know I'm pushing you really hard for a stupid reason Strahlend, but this fight means a lot to me right now and it's the only way I know how to do deal with our arguments. So just hold on a bit longer.
[In response to its pilot's wishes the machine reinforces its joints and manages to stand itself back up. As it does its remaining eye flashes with a glint of red. Without warning it stomps its foot into the ground, causing Quicksilver to suddenly emerge from the ruined earth below them. Strahlend then rushes forward, catching Quicksilver in the midst of it's dash.
As this battle was coming to it's conclusion Willis simply had a large grin plastered across his face. There was no denying it, he was enjoying this. The thrill, the excitement, feelings from a battle that he could only truly enjoy when he was up against an opponent like Elys.]
Do you remember...when our machines had to fight like this? Without any tricks or secrets.
[And in the midst of this tense moment...Willis finally manages to speak to his former best friend normally. Saying these words as Strahlend closes the gap between them and swings down diagonally at Amagahara.]
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I've never been in a fight like this in a while...
[This time, Amagahara uses only one hand to wield its sword, meeting Strahlend's charge. More sparks erupt as the blades make contact.]
Although I wouldn't say there was any time when there were no tricks at all.
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[Despite how the sparring session had gone so far, Willis knew that dealing with Elys in pure melee combat would be the hardest part.
As the sparks continued to erupt from the blades' back and forth clash, Strahlend would suddenly weaken and pull back Quicksilver, allowing Amagahara to overpower it for a second. Once this happened Strahlend took another step forward. This was the most important step in this fight. Willis knew Elys' preference for longer blades, and this would be the only way he could take advantage of this knowledge. With the last bit of distance closed and his sword arm pulled back, Willis took aim at the chest of the machine and then thrust Quicksilver towards it.]
Feel free to surrender at any time, Elys!
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You're not the only one who can do this.
[This time, Willis wasn't the only one moving forward. In slow motion, Amagahara too takes a surprising step forth! The longer blade helps it here as it puts itself at risk of getting hit by Willis' attack, in order to deal the finishing blow!]
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...ha...looks like I lose...
[Unfortunately for Willis, the last second step forward from the both of them meant that his thrust only pierced through the shoulder of Amagahara, on the other end her long nodachi was now positioned in front of his cockpit. It was clear who the winner was here.
In the midst of all the destruction both nanomachine swarms were receiving the same order from their Cores and spread out through the area to begin repairs after all the destruction they had caused. Strahlend was now leaned up against it's sister machine for support. Unable to stand on it's own. After they had spent all that time trying to destroy each other, both machines were now working together to fix everything around them. Including each other.
Willis himself exits his machine in defeat.]
What a mess...
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[Elys isn't heard from again, until she suddenly disembarks her unit as well.
She quietly makes her way next to where Willis is, and sits down on some upturned rock.]
...I'll explain first.
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[And given how much admitting loss stung, this isn't a small thing.]
Now, just stay quiet and listen.
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I left the academy...because my sister was trying to take over Ono-Sendai by force.
I'm not talking about business tactics either. She isn't a regular person, like us.
If she had succeeded...many things would have gone horribly wrong. So I stepped in to stop her. Long story short? We fought, I came out on top.
It sounds ridiculous. But that's what happened.
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You know, I probably wouldn't have believed you if you had told me this back then.
[And considering how young they were when this happened...this did not paint a flattering image of the other Frimaire sibling. It was only with the experiences he has gone through that he can imagine a situation where the fate of a company was dependent on Elys defeating her sister in a fight.]
...I missed you though. Probably more than I wanted to admit. After I graduated from the academy, I was pretty different when I was working for ESUN. I didn't trust anyone, and tried to keep to myself and just focused on my own abilities. Probably because I was afraid of potentially losing someone I cared about again.
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I guess after that it wasn't as...lively...without you and the others from the academy around. I had to concentrate on running the business and the business alone.
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...you know I really wasn't holding back during all of that. You're still as much of a monster as you always were.
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[Pause.]
...Even if you weren't, you used to be so much better. What happened?
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[The fact that he wasn't using THAT face was proof of that.]
...I really don't know, it's been so long that I haven't really noticed the difference.
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...I guess there's no point looking at that now. But you'll need some of that back if you're going to keep up this thing against Aegis.
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And it's not like I'm intentionally trying to pick a fight with them...
[He grows quiet again]
...what do you know about what happened in Antarctica that day?
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Something happened there that caused the deaths of the personnel. The Chimaera are the result...
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[Despite his own anger towards how Silvius and Aegis handled the situation he knew that the decision to not give details even to the CEO of one of his partner companies was to protect her and Ono-Sendai.]
We were testing the prototype of the V2 System on that day and then...something...went wrong. I don't even know what happened to cause it but the worst case situation happened. The machine equipped with the V2 system went berserk and began to absorb things around them, absorbing humans and turning them Chimaera by partially assimilating them...and then everything around them. So I...well you know what Aegis said I did. After everything was over the Aegis forces that arrived blamed me for what happened and tried to kill me. I didn't have a defense...so I just ran. Then I learned that Silvius wanted to act like nothing happened there at all...
[His fist clenches.]
I really believed in the things he preached. In the end he turned out to be no better than the people he wanted to escape from...and all of that the Chimaera are still around and I'm in a situation where most of my friends either want to kill me, or aren't part of my life anymore...
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[This is all quite difficult to take in. However, it explains what's been happening since that incident...]
So this is why he's been adamant on sticking with the V1 system as of late...
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It seems like you're finally moving beyond the V1 system now though...just...be careful.
I don't want to lose you again...